All of this talk of Rick's finances and 'extravagant spending' made me remember an article I read a few years ago. It would seem that, certainly as far as Rick was concerned, he was very comfortable financially, had invested well and put his wild spending behind him. Whatever your views on the story in the gutter press today ( the poor guy was only laid to rest 10 days ago for goodness sake) I think that this article does make for some interesting reading: